Not surprisedly, she (I assume the author is Ginger Johnson, but the article doesn't specifically say) is not a fan of highly sexualized images used to market beer. I don't blame her.
Showing posts with label Women and Beer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women and Beer. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Why Gender Matters?
A couple of weeks ago I noticed that the blog on Women Enjoying Beer, in their article Why Gender In Marketing Beer Matters linked to one of my blog posts. The author linked to Still More Sexist Beer Labels as an example of highly sexualized images on beer bottles (yes, Virginia – there’s a massive problem).
Friday, December 20, 2013
A Brunette, a Read Head, and a Blonde
SheppyBrew Brewery currently has more beers kegged and "on tap" than it usually has. I actually have four beers kegged, carbonated, and ready to drink.
Bummer that my keggerator only has room for two kegs, but I am able to compensate by putting picnic taps on the extra two kegs and simply icing them. Since it is winter, I can just put these iced kegs in the garage or the patio and not have to worry about the ice melting away too quickly.
At some point, I need to address the issue of only having a two-keg keggerator. But, for the most part, it has worked out ok. Usually, by the time I need to chill a new beer, one of the old kegs kicks and a spot opens up. This time, I wanted to have 3 beers available for holiday guests to drink, though, and the Boo Berry Wheat is not gone yet.
Anyway, in addition to the blueberry beer, I also have recently brewed a Blonde, an Irish Red, and a Porter. All three are ready to drink.You could say I have a Blonde, a Red Head, and a Brunette.
Bummer that my keggerator only has room for two kegs, but I am able to compensate by putting picnic taps on the extra two kegs and simply icing them. Since it is winter, I can just put these iced kegs in the garage or the patio and not have to worry about the ice melting away too quickly.
At some point, I need to address the issue of only having a two-keg keggerator. But, for the most part, it has worked out ok. Usually, by the time I need to chill a new beer, one of the old kegs kicks and a spot opens up. This time, I wanted to have 3 beers available for holiday guests to drink, though, and the Boo Berry Wheat is not gone yet.
Anyway, in addition to the blueberry beer, I also have recently brewed a Blonde, an Irish Red, and a Porter. All three are ready to drink.You could say I have a Blonde, a Red Head, and a Brunette.
Friday, November 01, 2013
Scary Beer Feminists!
Is "sneaked" really the past tense form of "sneak"? I thought it was "snuck", but the FireFox spell-check likes "sneaked" and does not like "snuck". I suppose I could look it up in a real dictionary ....
But I digress ...
This month, November, the topic comes from Nicole (aka Nitch), who does a beer blog called "Tasting Nitch". Her topic is "Women and Beer: Scary Beer Feminists or a Healthy Growing Demographic?" You can read all about it at: The Session #81 Announcement- Scary Beer Feminists!
"Feel free to write about what you want as long as it is beer and woman related!"I like women. I like beer. This seems like the perfect topic to get back into the habit of participating in "The Session".
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Women and Beer
Remember back in March of 2010 I mentioned that I had been surprised to find two women working in my local home brew shop (LHBS)? If not, feel free to review at "My LHBS's".
Now-a-days, I see a lot more women in the LHBS's. Not only do my two main shops employ women, but I see more that seem to be there shopping for brewing ingredients rather than just tagging along with their husbands or boyfriends. Heck, even the Beer Model has brewed a couple of batches of beer, so I see at least one female home-brewer every day.
I would also say that women make up a decent percentage of craft "Beer Geeks". I think of the beer bloggers that I follow, at least half are women. And I think that a higher percentage of women who say they are beer drinkers tend to drink craft beer than do men who say they are beer drinkers.
And yet, BMC (Bud/Miller/Coors) breweries continue to act as if women don't drink beer. Worse, they act like women CANNOT like beer. Remember my blog post "Beer Ads"? I commented on sexist beer ads and how I'm not sure they actually sell beer like they should. I made this observation after reading an article in which "The Beer Wench" had been complaining about the sexist nature of beer advertisements from large breweries. Personally, as a male chauvinist pig, I have no problem with the sexist nature of the beer ads. I just don't think they are effective at selling beer. I can understand that female consumers might not be too happy about these ads. The Wench is not the only beer blogger I've seen make the same point. Unfortunately, I didn't save the links to any of the other articles. Trust me, though, most women beer geeks don't appreciate seeing sexist beer ads.
Now-a-days, I see a lot more women in the LHBS's. Not only do my two main shops employ women, but I see more that seem to be there shopping for brewing ingredients rather than just tagging along with their husbands or boyfriends. Heck, even the Beer Model has brewed a couple of batches of beer, so I see at least one female home-brewer every day.
I would also say that women make up a decent percentage of craft "Beer Geeks". I think of the beer bloggers that I follow, at least half are women. And I think that a higher percentage of women who say they are beer drinkers tend to drink craft beer than do men who say they are beer drinkers.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
My LHBS's
This past Sunday, I went to one of my LHBS's to get ingredients for Stone Soup IDA.
I consider myself pretty lucky in that I have 2 good Local Home Brew Shops (LHBS) that I am able to frequent. Lots of homebrewers do not really have any shops close by, but the Denver area has several. I have one that is about a 15 minute drive from my house, and one that is about a 15 minute drive from where I work. The one close to my house is called Beer at Home. The one close to where I work is called Stomp them Grapes.
They are both good places to obtain beer-making ingredients. I prefer Stomp them Grapes slightly because it has a better selection of grains and I just feel more familiar with where everything is and how the store is set up. It also has better prices on extracts, and its website is far superior, which is nice when I need to formulate recipes and can actually look up what is in stock. Beer at Home, though has GREAT prices on hops. For the most part, I get my hops at B@H and everything else at STG.
Sunday, though, I decided to get all my grains / extracts and hops for Stone Soup IDA. There were 2 women working the shop this particular Sunday afternoon, which was a surprise. I have rarely seen women in LHBS's, and when I have, the woman has obviously been along with her husband or boyfriend, just because she did not want to wait in the car. Obviously, there are women who brew (I talked to one on Sunday), but homebrewing is certainly a male-dominated hobby.
My understanding is that this has not always been the case. Back in the days before commercial breweries, just about every home had a home-brewer. If you wanted beer back then, there was really no other choice. And, for the most part (from what I have heard / read), this was one of the wifely duties around the house. Apparently, 4000 years ago in the Babylonian empire, all brewers were priestesses. And, as you go through the history of beer making you can find other examples of women being the primary beer-brewers.
But now-a-days, the fact that I ran into two beer-brewing women working the LHBS is a rare occurrence. I probably should have taken a picture so I'd have proof that it actually happened.
I consider myself pretty lucky in that I have 2 good Local Home Brew Shops (LHBS) that I am able to frequent. Lots of homebrewers do not really have any shops close by, but the Denver area has several. I have one that is about a 15 minute drive from my house, and one that is about a 15 minute drive from where I work. The one close to my house is called Beer at Home. The one close to where I work is called Stomp them Grapes.
They are both good places to obtain beer-making ingredients. I prefer Stomp them Grapes slightly because it has a better selection of grains and I just feel more familiar with where everything is and how the store is set up. It also has better prices on extracts, and its website is far superior, which is nice when I need to formulate recipes and can actually look up what is in stock. Beer at Home, though has GREAT prices on hops. For the most part, I get my hops at B@H and everything else at STG.
Sunday, though, I decided to get all my grains / extracts and hops for Stone Soup IDA. There were 2 women working the shop this particular Sunday afternoon, which was a surprise. I have rarely seen women in LHBS's, and when I have, the woman has obviously been along with her husband or boyfriend, just because she did not want to wait in the car. Obviously, there are women who brew (I talked to one on Sunday), but homebrewing is certainly a male-dominated hobby.
My understanding is that this has not always been the case. Back in the days before commercial breweries, just about every home had a home-brewer. If you wanted beer back then, there was really no other choice. And, for the most part (from what I have heard / read), this was one of the wifely duties around the house. Apparently, 4000 years ago in the Babylonian empire, all brewers were priestesses. And, as you go through the history of beer making you can find other examples of women being the primary beer-brewers.
But now-a-days, the fact that I ran into two beer-brewing women working the LHBS is a rare occurrence. I probably should have taken a picture so I'd have proof that it actually happened.
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